Roche's Tamiflu, a fiercely disputed drug, was found to reduce flu symptoms by a day and could help some patients avoid hospital treatment and complications, according to a new study. Tamiflu also has side effects, including nausea and vomiting, the research published in The Lancet said.
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With temperatures remaining cool, 26 more cases of swine flu have been reported from Andhra Pradesh, with two people succumbing to the virus. Provincial Minister for Information and Public Relations Palle Raghunatha Reddy said that the government was monitoring the situation in Visakhapatnam.
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Tonight, in a remote and rural part of west-central China's Qinghai Province, a town of 10,000 mostly Tibetan people is entirely quarantined as officials try to contain an outbreak of pneumonic plague. Residents can go anywhere in Ziketan within the quarantined area, but the roads in and out are blocked and no one can leave, the New York Times reported today .
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One of the joys of Hallowe'en is to dress in scary costumes and pretend to frighten others, who pretend to be frightened. But with less than two weeks until an evening of trick-or-treating, it's possible there won't be anything scarier than what's already happened in the country.
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A major analysis of one of the world's most fiercely disputed medicines, Roche's Tamiflu, has found it cuts flu symptoms by a day and can help some patients avoid hospital treatment and complications. But the drug can also have side effects, including nausea and vomiting, which should be balanced against its benefits, researchers who led the study said.
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Victoria's chief health officer Rosemary Lester will retire at the end of February after three years in the role. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Dr Pradeep Philip advised staff of Dr Lester's imminent retirement by email on Thursday.
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Victoria's chief health officer Rosemary Lester will retire at the end of February after three years in the role. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Dr Pradeep Philip advised staff of Dr Lester's imminent retirement by email on Thursday.
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Three more Wisconsin children have died from the flu, bringing the total number of pediatric influenza deaths this season to five. The new report from state health officials makes this flu season the deadliest since 2009 when the swine flu epidemic caused six pediatric deaths in Wisconsin.
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A major analysis of one of the world's most fiercely disputed medicines, Roche's Tamiflu, has found it cuts flu symptoms by a day and can help some patients avoid hospital treatment and complications. But the drug can also have side effects, including nausea and vomiting, which should be balanced against its benefits, researchers who led the study said.
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After a rough start to the flu season, the number of infections seems to have peaked and is even starting to decline in many parts of the nation, federal health officials reported Thursday. "We likely reached our highest level of activity and in many parts of the country we are starting to see flu activity decline," said Dr. Michael Jhung, a medical officer in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Division.
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THURSDAY Jan. 29, 2015, 2014 -- After a rough start to the flu season, the number of infections seems to have peaked and is even starting to decline in many parts of the nation, federal health officials reported Thursday. "We likely reached our highest level of activity and in many parts of the country we are starting to see flu activity decline," said Dr. Michael Jhung, a medical officer in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Division.
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Table I Provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases and/or the original MMWR paper copy for printable versions of official text, figures, and tables. An original paper copy of this issue can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office , Washington, DC 20402-9371; telephone: 512-1800.
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Forty-three more people tested positive for H1N1 virus on Wednesday including four medicos, taking the total number of cases reported in the national capital to 361, including five persons who died, so far this season. "Samples of 204 patients were tested out of which 43 tested positive for H1N1 virus," said Dr S K Sharma, director of health services, Delhi government.
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After a rough start to the flu season, the number of infections seems to have peaked and is even starting to decline in many parts of the nation, federal health officials reported Thursday. "We likely reached our highest level of activity and in many parts of the country we are starting to see flu activity decline," said Dr. Michael Jhung, a medical officer in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Division.
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As the county battles a flu outbreak, Rady Children's Hospital is being inundated with patients both with the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which is similar to a bad cold. "We're experiencing the peak of an epidemic of RSV virus at the same time we're experiencing an epidemic of influenza and that's rather unprecedented," said Dr. John Bradley, the head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rady Children's Hospital.
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PUNE/JAIPUR/HYDERABAD: There has been a sudden surge in the number of swine flu cases and fatalities as a result across the country in January, compared to sporadic cases of the disease last year. Officials in Pune said 661 people were diagnosed with the deadly virus while 60 died of swine flu this month.
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Thanks to Helen Branswell for tweeting the link to this Canadian Press report in the Victoria Times-Colonist : H7N9 bird flu diagnosed in B.C. traveller; first in North America . She points out how detecting H7N9 was almost a fluke.
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Swine flu, which has so far claimed 25 lives in Telangana, is also spreading in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, as the state Wednesday reported two deaths and 24 positive cases. This was revealed by Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas to reporters in Ongole, around 320 km from Hyderabad.
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